Jack Purcell Recreation Association (JPRA)

The Jack Purcell Recreation Association is a not-for-profit, incorporated organization that offers programs at the community centre in partnership with the Jack Purcell Community Centre (JPCC).

Our mandate is to deliver recreational programs and leisure activities for adults, youth and children living in Centretown.

We manage and deliver our programs as a separate organization, hire and train our own instructors and other staff, maintain separate online registration and bookkeeping services, and set our own annual budget, which is approved by a volunteer board of directors.

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JPRA partners with the JPCC to mutually support each other in promoting and delivering our programs at the centre.

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The Jack Purcell Community Centre, owned and operated by the City of Ottawa, has an 18-metre warm water pool which offers regular aquatic programming and specialized programs for individuals with special needs. The facility also has a fully accessible weight room, five meeting rooms of various sizes and access to an adjacent school gym. Through a partnersip with the Jack Purcell Community Centre, the not-for-profit Jack Purcell Recreation Association runs programming, through the facility, that aims to maintain and improve the quality of life of Centretown residents by focusing on recreation and leisure activities consistent with this purpose.